John 12:49

49 for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.

John 12:49 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:49

For I have not spoken of myself
As man, or as separate from his Father; his doctrine was not human, but divine, and therefore a rejection of it cannot escape notice at the future judgment:

but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment what I should
say, and what I should speak;
Christ, as man, had his mission, and commission, and his instructions from his Father to preach the Gospel unto men; he was anointed for it by the Holy Ghost; he was enjoined the preaching of it by his Father, and the several doctrines he published were delivered him by him; see ( John 8:28 ) ( 17:8 ) .

John 12:49 In-Context

47 I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my word has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge,
49 for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.
50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."
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